There’s a rush this week to secure a border security accord in the Senate. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has shuttled back and forth to the Capitol multiple times for talks with Sens. Chris Murphy, D-Conn., and James Lankford, R-Okla. Things are so serious that Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Ariz., even …
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HOUSTON – U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch says one of her top priorities remains alleviating an “epidemic of distrust” between communities and law enforcement. Lynch discussed tensions between minority communities and police agencies during a speech Monday in Houston at the national convention of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., the …
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MIAMI – The parents of slain journalist Steven Sotloff are speaking out about the foundation they established to honor his legacy and their disappointment with the U.S. government in a rare interviewing marking the 1-year anniversary of his death. South Florida residents Shirley and Arthur Sotloff have spoken little since …
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A solo hiker was rescued from California’s High Sierras earlier this month after he slipped and broke his leg in a fall while trying to cross a snowfield without proper gear, officials said. The hiker had attempted to ascend Shepherd Pass on Sept. 8 but found the trail covered by …
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A shooting in Tampa, Florida, killed at least two people and injured 18 more after a fight broke out between two groups on a street crowded with hundreds of people during Halloween celebrations early Sunday, authorities said. The shooting happened just before 3 a.m. near a strip of bars and …
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SOUTHINGTON, Conn. – A Wallingford man is suing a Southington restaurant and bar claiming “permanent, serious” injury after being thrown from a mechanical bull. Steven M. Saleski, in a Feb. 6 lawsuit, sued Meadow Muffins LLC, which owns the mechanical bull, and T.C.B. LLC, which owns the restaurant, the Cadillac …
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Disturbing details have been released about a Pennsylvania man accused of stalking his estranged wife before his foiled alleged attempt to kidnap, rape and murder her on Sunday. The Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office said Geoffrey Kay-Conway Sr., 52, stabbed his soon-to-be ex-wife in the leg multiple times around 10:45 …
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A United Airlines flight diverted back to Newark Liberty International Airport during a Rome, Italy bound flight because of a cabin pressurization issue, and dropped over 28,000 feet in 10 minutes. United Airlines Flight 510 took off from Newark Liberty International Airport on Wednesday at 8:37 p.m. heading to Rome, …
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A 14-year-old boy was arrested in Riverview, Florida, on Saturday after he allegedly shot and killed his mother and left his mother’s boyfriend with multiple gunshot wounds, according to officials. The Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office received numerous 911 calls just after 4 p.m. on Saturday regarding an incident in the …
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ORLANDO, Fla. – EXCLUSIVE — A high-profile defense attorney for disgraced South Carolina lawyer Alex Murdaugh believes jurors were deaf to “very, very strong” evidence in favor of his innocence after sitting through weeks of damning testimony on unrelated fraud, theft and grift. “That jury had heard almost three weeks …
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